Truck body construction



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TRUCK BODY CONSTRUCTION Filed March so, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY y c. s. BRYKCZYNSIKI ET AL ,55

TRUCK BODY CONSTRUCTION Filed March 30, 1953 SSheets-Sheet 2 m A 3 i 2- x x g 2/ /A z; N g M5 21 g? 20- i lil i i l f li li ATTCRNEY Patented July 9, 1935 PATENT OFFICE 2,007,595 7 TRUCK BODY CONSTRUCTION Charles S. Brykc'zynski and Julius Chmurzynski, Brooklyn, N;. Y., assignors to Geo. F. Stuhmer & Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New' York- Application March 30, 1933, Serial No. 663,595

1 Claim.

This invention relates to the loading and delivery means disclosed in our U. S. Patent No. 1,882.238,'granted October 11, 1932.

Such means comprises a delivery wagon having superposed pairs of supporting rails for troughs or collectors containing bakery products, and a wheel supported rack for carrying theloaded troughs or collectors from the bakery to the wagon. The loaded troughs or Collectors are individually removed from the rack to the wagon, and are individually removed iromthe Wagon to deliver the contents thereof. This means pro-- vides for the rapid and-hygienic loading of bakery products on the wagon, and the'rapidand hygienic delivery of the productsfro'm the wagon to stores or the like.

The present invention relates particularly to improvements in the wagon ashereinafter' fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accempanying drawings; wherein? I I I Figure 1 is aview side elevation of a delivery wagon constructed in accordance with thepr'esent invention; ,1. Figures is a rear view of'the' delivery wagon; Figure 31s a sectional view taken on the horizontalplane indicated bythe line 3-3 of Figure 2;" l

- Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line4'4 of Figure 2'; Figure 5 is a sectional view. taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 5 5 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 66 of Figure 5; A Figure"? is a sectional view taken on the horiz'iontal plane indicated by the line '|--1 of- Figure 1'; r V

' Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the vertical planeindi cat'ed'by the line 8-8. of Figure 1; 7 Figure 9 is a sectional view takenon the verti cal planes indicated by the line 9=9 of Figure 8;

Figure 10 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line ill-4 O'of Figure 7;

Figure 11 is a sectional View taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line l|- H of Figure 10, and V I Figure 12 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated bythe line |2' |2"oi Figure 8.

Referring in detail'to the drawings, I desighates the steering wheels, 2 the driving wheels, 3 the frame, 4 the cab and 5 the body of the delivery wagon. I 1

The left-hand or drivers side 6 of the cab 4 is closed,'and the right-hand side 1 of the cab has a doorway 1 The side Wall 6 of the cab is made up of tongued and grooved boards 6 cer'k 6 or other suitable insulating material secured to the outer surfaces of the boards, and waterproof canvas'li or other suitable fabric secured to the outer surface of the cork. The side wall 6 has windows 8 and 9, and the glass panels 8 and 9 of the windows are mounted in the side Wall for sliding movement into opened or closed position. Any suitable means may be provided for opening or closing the window panels 8 and 9 and for holding them in closed or opened position. v

The top It of the cab 4 and body 5 is made up oftongued and grooved boards Ill cork l or other insulating material secured to the upper surfaces of the boards, and waterproof canvas 8 or other suitable fabric secured to the upper surface of the cork. The top It is high enough, and is curved longitudinally and transversely to provide ample headroom for the operator.

The cab 4 is large enough to accommodate a tool box I and the fuel tank [2 and storage battery l2 for the wagon, and yet permit the operator to move freely about the cab. The fuel tank i2 and storage battery I 2 are mounted in a strongly built box 13 located in the rear left-hand corner of the cab' i, and which constitutes a support for the drivers seat M. The seat I4 is removable from the box [3 to permit of access to the fuel tank l2 and storage battery lZ A back id for the seat I4 is carried by brackets it secured to the box' l3, and is pivoted, as at H, to the brackets to permit it to be swung downwardly upon the seat when it is desired to gain access to that portion of the body 5 located directly in rear of the seat. The tool box H is located forwardly of the seat l4 and to the left of the steering column I8, in which position it will not interfere with the operator in operating the wagon or moving about the cab 4.

The floor 19 of the cab 4 has a recess l9 extending inwardly from the doorway l and a step 20 is located directly below the recess. The provision of the floor l9 with the recess lfi and the location of the step 20 directly below the recess enables the operator to readily leave and enter the cab 4, and positions him within the cab while standing on the step. The step 28 is suspended fromthe frame 3 by brackets 2|. The side I of the cab 4 has a window 22. Any suitable means may be provided to render this window and the windows 8 and 9 waterproof.

.The side walls 23 of the body 5 are made up of tongued and-grooved boards 23 cork 23 or other suitable insulating material secured to the outer sides of the boards, and waterproof canvas 23 or other suitable fabric secured to the outer surfaces of the cork. The top In, which is preferably formed integrally with the walls 23, is reinforced by bows 24, and the walls are reinforced by irons 25. The irons 25, which are located near the front and rear ends of the body 5, are provided at their upper ends with transverse extensions 25 which are secured to those bows 24 located at the front and rear ends of the top. The connection of the irons 25 to these bows, together with brackets 26 secured to the remaining bows and to the walls 23, reinforce the top and walls at their points of juncture. The irons 25 are also provided at their upper ends with longitudinal extensions 25 which are secured to strips 21 located between the walls 23 and the ends of the bows 24. These strips and the connection of the irons therewith further reinforce the top and walls at their points of juncture. The irons 25 are provided at their lower ends with horizontal extensions 25 which are secured to the floor 28 of the body to adapt the irons to reinforce the connection between the walls 23 and the floor. The Walls 23 maybe secured to the 'fioor 28 by nails or screws or in any other suitable manner. The floor 28 is also made of tongued and grooved boards, as shown in Figure 6.

The top H) is reinforced at its rear end by wood strips 29 and 30, the strip 29 being embedded in the top, and the strip 38 being secured against the rear ends of the top and walls 23. The rear edges of the walls 23 are reinforced by wood strips 3| which in connection with the strip 39 constitute a frame for the rear doors 32 of the body. The doors 32 are supported from the walls 23 by hinges 33. The pintles 33 of the hinges 33 are located laterally beyond the walls 23, so that the doors 32 will extend laterally outward from the walls 33 when in fully opened position, and thus leave the rear end of the body 5 fully open to permit the troughs or collectors to be readily inserted in or removed from the body. One of the doors 32 is secured in closed position by a spring latch 34 secured to the door and engaging a keeper plate 35 secured to the floor 28 of the body 5. The other door is secured in closed position by bolts 36 mounted on the door and engaging the floor 28 and the top frame bar 38. The bolts 36 are connected to a spindle 31 journaled in the door, and are slidably mounted in guides 38 on the door. A handle, not shown, is secured to the spindle 31, the handle providing means by which the bolts may be projected to secure the door in closed position or retracted to release the door for movement into opened position.

Metal strips 39 and 48 respectively secured to the frame bar 30 and to the doors 32, and rubber strips 4| and metal strips 42 respectively secured to the frame bars 3| and to the doors, establish a dust and waterproof connection between the doors and their frame. Metal strips 43 secured to the doors 32 and contacting with the rear edge of the floor 28 establish a dust and waterproof connection between the doors and the floor. A similar connection is established between the meeting edges of the doors 32 by a metal strip 44 carried by one of the doors and contacting with the outer side of the other.

The front of the body 5 is closed by doors 45, slidably mounted at their lower edges on parallel rails 46, and having their upper edges slidably mounted in parallel guide grooves 41 in the lower edge of a bar 48. The rails 46 are secured to the floor 28 of the body 5, and the floor is provided between the rails with openings 49 through i h any foreign matter accumulating between the rails may be swept to the ground. The doors 45 are supported on the rails 46 by grooved wheels 56, and the wheels are held against displacement from the rails by guides 5| extending downwardly from the doors at opposite sides of the wheels and rails. The doors 45 are held in closed position by latches 52 pivoted to the doors and engaging keepers 53 secured to the walls 23. The latches 52 are retractably held in engagement with their keepers 53 by curved leaf springs 54 terminally secured to the latches and doors. The springs 54 are located at the front sides of the doors 45, and are adapted to be used as handles for retracting the latches and for opening and closing the doors. When one of the doors 45 is fully opened, or when both of the doors are partly opened, access may be had to the troughs or collectors from the cab 4. Sections 55 of the bar 48 are removable to permit the doors to be removed when it is desired to insert the troughs or collectors in or remove them from the body 5 by way of the cab 4. The sections 55 are connected to the bar 48 by spring hinges 56 which normally hold them in position to retain the doors 45 in the guide grooves 41. In Figure 9 the sections 55 are shown by solid lines in normal or door retaining position, and they are shown by broken lines in door releasing position. Means are provided for holding each of the sections 55 in door releasing position while each door is being removed or replaced. Each of these means comprises, as shown in Figure 8, a hook 51 connected to the bar 49 and adapted to be engaged with an eye 58 carried by each of the sections.

The body 5 extends over the drive wheels 2, and is provided with housings 59 for the reception of the upper portions of the wheels as the body or wheels move one in the direction of the other.

The body 5 is provided with superposed pairs of runways 66 for the troughs or collectors. The runways 60 are horizontally arranged and extend from the rear to the front end of the body 5, and they are secured to the side walls 23 of the body by brackets 6|. The troughs or collectors, which are not here illustrated, are loaded in the bakery, carried to the wagon, and then loaded on the wagon by being placed on the runways 66, as fully disclosed in our aforesaid patent and copending application, filed October 10, 1932, Serial Number 637,142. The runways 68 are provided, as disclosed in our patent, with removable sections so that the collectors may be transferred from one pair of runways to another pair of runways.

These removable sections, which are not here illustrated, are located near the front ends of the runways, so as to permit the collectors to be transferred by the operator while in the cab 4. The collectors are transferred to permit the operator to gain ready access to the bakery products of any particular trough or collector.

The troughs or collectors may be loaded on the wagon from either the front or rear end of the body 5, and they are held against accidental longitudinal movement on the runways 60 by the front doors 45 and by a post 62 at the rear end of the body. The lower end portion of the post 62 extends through the keeper plate 35 and the floor 28 of the body 5, and is provided with a shoulder 63 which rests upon the keeper plate to support the post in vertical position in contact with the rear edges of the rearmost troughs or collectors. The upper end of the post 62 is removably positioned in an opening 64 in a bracket 65 secured to the top frame bar 30., The upper endof the post 62 is spaced from the top l of the body for a distance greater than the distance between the shoulder 63 and the lower end of the post, whereby to permit the post to be moved upwardly to carry its lower end portion out of engagement with the keeper plate 35 and floor 28. After this has been done, the post 62 may be disengaged from the bracket 65 and then removed from the body 5, so as to leave the rear end of the body unobstructed for the loading of the troughs or collectors on the runways 68. The post 62 is secured against accidental upward movement by a pin 6'2 passing through the lower end of the post and contacting with the lower side of the floor 28. The key t2 is secured to the floor 28 by a chain 62 so as to prevent it from being lost.

The rear doors 32 are provided with windows 66 having slidably mounted glass panels 61. Any suitable means may be provided for moving the panels into closed or opened position and holding them in fully or partly closed position. The front doors and the rear windows 66 provide for the ventilation of the body 5. The amount of air circulating through the body 5 to effect the ventilation thereof may be controlled by partly or fully opening the doors 45 and windows 66. The glass panels 61 of the windows 66 are protected by bars 68 carried by the doors 32 and extending across the front and rear sides of the panels.

A carrier 69 for a spare tire is secured to the frame 3 beneath the body of the wagon.

Due to the insulating characteristic of the top and the side walls of the body, and as the front doors and the windows of the rear doors provide for the ventilation of the body, provision is made for the protection of the bakery products during all seasons of the year. The waterproof connection between the rear doors and the body excludes rain from the body. The size of the cab, the provision of the floor thereof with a recess extending inwardly from the doorway, and location of the step directly below the recess, enable the bakery products to be rapidly delivered. The tool box, fuel tank, storage battery and seat are so arranged as to occupy but little space in the cab, and the tool box, fuel tank and storage battery are easy of access. The means for reinforcing the top and side walls of the body are simple and highly efficient. In connection with the latch for the front doors, it is to be noted that the springs for holding latches in engagement with their keepers, provided handles by which the latches may be retracted and by which the doors may be opened or closed.

What we claim as new is:

A delivery wagon comprising a body, pairs of horizontal runways in the body for supporting troughs or collectors, a vertical post at the rear end of the body to hold the troughs or collectors from longitudinal displacement from the run ways, said post having its lower end passing downwardly through the floor of the body, a shoulder on the post above the lower end thereof and resting on the floor to support the post, a pin passing through the post below the floor, and a bracket secured to the body and having an opening in which the upper end of the post is removably p0- sitioned, said bracket being spaced from the top of the body for a distance greater than the distance between the shoulder and the lower end of the post.

CHARLES S, BRYKCZYNSKI. JULIUS CHMURZYNSKI. 

